The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-19

who died for the cause Of the common people be
buried in oblivionl No! We do not despair.
Underneath the snow at our feet the invisible
flowers are growing ripe for the bloom, and the
cause for which these men died Is growing In
human hearts It cannot be destroyed We
must all die What matter it when the moment
comes. so long as it is in the service OF the peo-
plea But the Eternal Father, faithful to his
teachings, cannot deny himself to those who
have passed out of life in his services and we
live in the certain hope that amongst those who
will De called to the life again by the great and
noble God will be our dead-our dead"
Paul Gro,tkau, who is awaiting sentence IN
the Wisconsin courts for delivering an Anarch-
ist address, next took the platform and was
greeted with cries of bravo" His address
was one of the most infammatory of the style
for which he has become notorious. At one
moment his long, bonv forefingers would be
pointed at the collins, the next his fists would
be high in the air and his frame shaking with
terrupted by loud cries of bravo" or eroaus.
He declared that the men before him had been
murdered Dy the ruling classes He could read
in the eyes of his hearers. in the dumb. eloquent
language of their souls. that they had assembled
TO accuse the murderers. to declare that
the crimes of the ruling classes were
the sole evidence adduced against the
martyrs. They had been murdered because
they worked for the liberty, enlightenment
and welfare of all That was their crime For
it they were straneled in heinous. cowardiy,
brutal way. They left widows and orphans,
and stand up for these should be the first duty
of all, for the latest victims of the present era
would not be the last The names of the mar
tyrs would be emblazoned upon the banners of
the proletarians when there came what could not
be prevented-the great alarm which called upon
the Anarchstc battalious to march. The death
of these would have the effect which
whirlwind has upon spark of fire in flaming 1t
into mighty holocaust. and like devastating
flood it would spread over every land. ''They
did their duty; let do ours" said the speaker.
"Swear by these bodies that you will continue
the work SO fendishly begun by the mlnions OF
the law" shouted the speaker. eve will! We
will" from thousand throats. Then
there ominous growl, and Grottkau
stepped down.
speaker He followed closely in the vein inau-
address, stretching his arms toward the skies,
he exclaimed: Vow it here before your dead
that the work oe anarchy shall go Vow it,
] say, if you not towards" 1--WE voww
1--WE VOW" came from the throng. The voices
of the women seemed to rise above those of
the There a tempest of applause
when Curtin concluded.
Then. while the Mpnnerchor sang a final
dirge and the relatives of the dead men wept
and moaned, the lids of the caskets were re-
placed and screwed down. A lane was formed
through the crowd, and the collins were gently
borne to the grave and lowered one by one.
When the last of the five mad been deposited
they were covered by three huge slabs of gran
tie. weighing in the aggregate over ton, and
which lowered by means of a derrick.
Then the earth shoveled in bv two sturdy
grave diggers, and ten minutes later
made mound marked the last resting place of
the Anarchists. and the cemetery was deserted.